Housing can be a formidable challenge for many veterans. They comprise a third of all U.S. homeless men, and the federal Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that 107,000 veterans are homeless on any given night. More encouraging, perhaps, is that the unemployment rate for veterans isnow below the national average (6.3 percent compared to 7.9 percent), though the number goes up a lot when one specifically at post-9/11 veterans (10 percent). We’re right to remain concerned on both fronts.

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